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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
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      mtomczyk
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      I am using new hardware and tried to install the latest version of PFSENSE and when the system reboots it says that it cannot find the kernel. I have tried 3 different version of the install. I have tried Beta 1 Beta 2 and one of the alpha releases. I have also tried using a different IDE hard drive. The hardware that I am using is

      ABIT IS7-2E
      Intel Celeron D 2.13
      and 512 of PC2700 mem

      I have disabled the onboard Serial, USB, SATA

      Thanks

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        hoba
        last edited by

        I have been installing 3 Nexcom 1041c with 80GB WD HDDs today and was running
        into the odd Installationproblem several people have reported. I've been
        playing around with a lot of different things to make this work and here is
        what solved the issue for me:

        1. Set your HDD mode in BIOS to LBA (don't use "auto", the detected geometry is
        different if it is set to auto and it fails; this was an award bios)
        2. In the installation process uncheck "packet mode" (with checked packet mode
        I ended up with kernel errors on bootup from hdd)

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          mtomczyk
          last edited by

          Thanks for the info. I will give that a try tonight.

          Mike

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            sullrich
            last edited by

            We also have a troubleshooting page:

            http://wiki.pfsense.com/wikka.php?wakka=BootTroubleShooting

            Please update it with any findings.

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              mtomczyk
              last edited by

              I just wanted to say thanks for the info. I made the changes from auto to LBA and unchecked packet mode and the system works great.

              Thanks

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